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Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Vintage is on the cover of all of the crafting magazines at the mo.... At least that's what it feels like. I love the look, but am still struggling with it. One thing that I know I love doing is distressing and the two go hand in hand.

I have started with my usual white card blank ad covered the front in brown distressed card. The pink panel is from a HOTP paper pad I bought years ago and the image came from a free stamp that I got on a magazine this month. I have only put mum on it, so it could be good for mothers day or a birthday.

I have used cream flowers which I gave a light tint of pink using worn lipstick distress inks and the centers are my new paper roses(my newest stash).

Sunday, 27 March 2011

I love my mum to bits. She has always been my rock and I can't imagine life with out her. This is the card that I made her for mothers day. Actually, it's probably the third, because I keep feeling that I could do better.

This one started life as an A4 sheet of white card. I have added some cream textured card stock, which I have inked with tea die and vintage photo distress inks. The flower and frame are fro Kanban I think. The card stock that I used on the right hand side is foam flocked so all of the pattern is raised and very tactile.

Saturday, 26 March 2011

Nice simple card today. I don't make many baby cards, but this weeks challenge at CRAFT challenge asked us to make one.

The backing paper I have used came from HOTP and I have had it for about 6 years. (Yup, still working through ancient stash lol). I have added a baby bear die cut that I bought from ebay and a papermania bow and buttons from their capsule range.

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Minimalist cards scare me. I always want to put more on. I was asked to make a Mothers Day card for one of the guys at work. When asked what ideas he had, he said he wanted as little as possible on it. That was my brief.

I stared with my usual white card blank and border punched two edges. The inside of the card is covered in lilac design paper with faint writing on it from a pack of HOTP papers I bought more than five years ago (still working through that old, sorry ancient stash). I have added organza ribbon and a sentiment as the main focus.

Resisting the urge to add more to it and a charm was a challenge by its self I can tell you. I hope he likes it.

The whole card is made from white card overlaid with green printed vellum. To this I have added white lace, 3mm yellow ribbon and gems. I have used two Penny Black stamps from different sets. I liked the idea of the little mouse showering the ground with flowers and having another little critter enjoying them. I've dotted some glitter glue on the flowers and butterfly's for a little glitz and have also added a few gems.

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Welcome to Craftily Sugar Brown.

Although I started papercrafting back in 2005, but I still consider myself to be a newby as I am always learning new stuff. I had to give up papercrasfting for about three and a half years and have only really gotten back in to crafting in January 09.